User:Ccgm0421/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Kolkali
 * -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkali
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is pretty short and only has one source. This source is also from 1997, making it more than 20 years old at this point. The Wikipedia Article itself only contains about three paragraphs that make multiple references to other dances and martial arts with no explanation. This would be worked on so it is more accessible to those unfamiliar to Kerala's traditional dances.


 * Sources
 * https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/The_Muslim_Tribes_of_Lakshadweep_Islands/b_a4G_Tw2ycC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=kolkali&pg=PA58&printsec=frontcover
 * This source appears to focus on the inhabitance of Lakshadweep, which are islands separate from the Indian Subcontinent, rather than the dance in Kerala itself.

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Pettathullal
 * -https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pettathullal


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article only has five paragraphs, but they are quite large and offer some detail on the steps of the dance itself. However, details like history are absent from the article. This article also has more sources than the last one.


 * Sources
 * There are eleven sources in this article. All of these are pretty recent(from the past decade), but a few appear to be from random .com websites and blogs. Only a few are from news publications and only one from a native language source.

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Oppana


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is also quite short with only a few paragraphs that aren't organized into particular categories or subdivisions. The five references appear to be from pretty legitimate sources written by native people. One claim apparently requires a citation.


 * Sources

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Parichamuttukali


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is quite short, yet still has sub divisions for History, Performance, etc. There are only four short to medium length paragraphs. There are also only about four references listed here, one of which being from Kerala Tourism. I don't really like using tourism sites as historical sources due to the incorporation of local myth as fact and the inconsistency that may come with it.


 * Sources

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Slama Carol


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article only contains a few sentences and only has three references. One of the sources is a dictionary. Lacks history section.


 * Sources